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Seminars - Fall 2007
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| August 30 |
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Dr. Richard C. Willson
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Houston, Houston, Texas
"Nucleic Acid Technology: New Methods and Applications "
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| September 6 |
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Dr. Ronald G. Larson
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
“Microfluidic Manipulation of Protein-DNA Interactions” |
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| September 13 |
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Dr. Daniel Shantz
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
“Towards the Rational Design of Porous Solids” |
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| October 11 |
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Dr. Daniel Resasco
Department of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
"Kinetic modeling of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube growth on Co-Mo/SiO2 catalysts with same-particle characterization of catalysts and product"
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| October 18 |
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Dr. Edward Maginn
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
"Development and Using Atomistic Simulation Methods to Understand Structure-Property Relationships for Ionic Liquids
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| October 25 |
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Dr. J. Ilja Siepmann
Department of Chemistry
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Structure and Solvation in hydrogen-bonding fluids: A molecular perspective ” |
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| November 1 |
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Dr. Alejandro Garcia
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Monterrey Tech University, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico |
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| November 15 |
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Dr. Bruce J. Hinds
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky |
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| November 29 |
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Dr. Marianthi Ierapetritou
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Rutgers State University of New Jersey,Piscataway, New Jersey |
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| December 6 |
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Dr. Kristyn S. Masters
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin |
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Seminars - Spring 2007
(Please click on the speaker's Abstract for seminar details and event location information)
| January 11 |
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Professor Ravi Prakash
Department of Chemical Engineering
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
"Rheological Observation of Glassy Dynamics of Dilute Plymer Solutions near the Coli-Stretch Transition in Elongational Flows"
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| February 8 |
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Professor Doug Clark
Chemical Engineering Department
University of California, Berkeley
"Engineering in the (Bio)Material World: Overcoming the Natural Limitations of Biocatalysis"
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| February 22 |
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Professor Edward Maginn
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Notre Dame University
"Using Atomistic Simulations to Understand Structure-Property Relationships: Application to Ionic Liquids and Crystalline Nanoporous Materials"
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| February 27 |
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Professor Thomas Mason
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angelies
"Nanoemulsions: From Shear-Induced Vitrification to Slippery Aggregation"
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Professor Yufeng Lu
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles
"Nanostructured Materials and Devices by Hierarchical Assembly"
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| March 15 |
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Professor Juan A. Asenjo
Centre for Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
"Metabolics of Recombant Yeast: Gene Expression, Flux Analysis and a Mathematical Model for Gene Regulation of Metabolism"
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| March 22 |
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Dr. Patrick Spicer
Complex Fluids Research
Procter & Gamble, Co.
West Chester, Ohio
"Crystal Comets: Dewetting during Emulsion Droplet Crystallization"
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| March 29 |
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The 2007 T.W. Leland, Jr. Lecture in Chemical Engineering
Professor Carol Hall
Chemical Engineering Department
North Carolina State University, Raleigh
"Thermodynamics and Kinetic Origins of Alzheimer's and Related Dieseases: A Chemical Engineer's Perspective"
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| April 11 |
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Professor Jose Onuchic
Department of Physics
University of California, San Diego |
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| April 19 |
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Professor Georges Belfort
Russell Sage Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Eng.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
"Fibrillation Kinetics of Recombinant Human Insulin at Interfaces and with Osmolytes: Experiments and Kinetic Modeling"
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| April 26 |
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Professor Fernando Escobedo
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Cornell University
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Seminars - Fall 2006
(Please click on the speaker's Abstract for seminar details and event location information)
| August 31 |
Professor Barry
(Lie-Ding) Shiau
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
Chang
Gung University, Taiwan
"A New Separation Method - Distillative Freezing"
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| September 21 |
Professor Peter
Strasser
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering,
University of Houston
"Lattice-strained Nanoparticle Catalysts for the Electroreduction
of Oxygen at PEM Fuel Cell Cathodes" |
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| September 28 |
Professor Giulio
C. Sarti
Chemical Engineering, Universita di Bologna,
Italy
"Predictive Thermodynamic Models for the Solubility of Gases
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| October 5 |
Dr. Eliot Fang
Computational Materials Science & Engineering
Department
Sandia Natonal Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
"Computational Materials Science: An Underpinning for Engineering
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| October 12 |
Professor Bill Green
Department of Chemical
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"A 21st Century Approach to Chemical Kinetics" |
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| October 19 |
Dr. Kevin G. Joback
Molecular
Knowledge Systems, Inc.
"Designing Chemical Products"
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| October 26 |
Professor Brian
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Chemical Engineering, University
of Texas at Austin
Texas Materials Institute, Center
for Nano- and Molecular Science & Technology
"Semiconductor Nanowires" |
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| November 1 |
Dr. Jeff Siirola
Eastman
Chemical Company
"Sustainability in the Chemical and Energy Industries" |
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| November 9 |
Professor
Christos Georgakis
Department of Chemical & Biological
Engineering, Tufts University
"Process Operability"
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| November 30 |
Professor Suzie
Pun
Department of Bioengineering, Univeristy of Washington,
Seattle
"Materials for Spatially and Temporally-Controlled Gene Delivery"
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| December 1 |
Professor Tad W. Patzek
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of California - Berkeley
"Mythology
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Professor Zhen-Gang
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Department of Chemical Engineering, California
Institute of Technology |
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Seminars - Spring 2006
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January 19 -
P.C. WILBER LECTURE
Out of Gas: The end of the age of oil
[Abstract]
Prof. David Goodstein,
Vice Provost, Caltech
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January 26 - P.C. WILBER LECTURE
Equation-free modeling of complex/multiscale systems [Abstract]
Prof. Yannis Kevrekidis, Princeton University
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February 9
Viscoelastic flow simulations in a 3D benchmark flow - Velocity
overshoots inside a smooth contraction [Abstract]
Prof. Fernando Tavares de
Pinho, Univ. of Minho
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February 23
Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers for Two- and Three-
Dimensional Nanofabrication [Abstract]
Mark Stoykovich, University
of Wisconsin
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March 2
Effects of Molecular Coupling on Microscopic Mechanics [Abstract]
Dr. Lisa Biswal, University of California Berkeley
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March 6
Biological and Synthetic Methods for the Formation of Polymeric
Nanostructures [Abstract]
Dr. Kevin Hermanson, Technical University of Munich
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March 9
Composite Nanostructures: Protein and nanoparticle arrays
templated in block-copolymer mesophases [Abstract]
Danilo Pozzo, Carnegie Mellon University
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March 23
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Prof. Max Lu, University
of Queensland, Australia
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April 13
Pickering Emulsions - A Paradigm Shift [Abstract]
Prof. Lenore
Dai , Texas Tech University
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April 19
Functionalisation of Composite Membranes for Fuel Cells [Abstract]
Prof. Joe Da Costa, University of Queensland, Australia
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April 20
Better Living Through Biosensors [Abstract]
Prof.Kevin
Plaxco, University of California Santa Barbara
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April 27
Optimal Combination of Theory and Experiment to Explore the
Protein Folding Landscape [Abstract]
Prof. Cecilia Clementi, Chemistry Department, Rice University
Seminars - Fall 2005
September 1 - Dr. Jeffrey Miller, BP [Abstract]
September 8 - Prof. Ananth Annapragada, UT Houston, Med Center
[Abstract]
September 15 - Professor Vincent Rotello, Chemistry, University of Massachusetts [Abstract]
September 22 - Rescheduled to November 10, 2005 due to hurricane Rita.
September 29 - Professor Venkat Ganesan, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas [Abstract]
October 6 - Professor John Morgan, Chemical Engineering, Purdue [Abstract]
October 13 - Professor Paul F. Nealey, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison [Abstract]
October 20 - WILBER LECTURE - Professor Arup Chakraborty, Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley [Abstract] (joint with Chemistry)
October 27 - Professor Shekhar Garde, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstItute [Abstract]
November 10 - Professor Michael E. Mackay, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University [Abstract]
Seminars - Spring 2005
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Ted Oyama, Virginia Tech
Nanostructure of a High-Permeability,
Hydrogen-Selective Inorganic Membrane
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Ramon Gonzalez, Iowa State
Understanding and Manipulating
the Anaerobic Metabolism of Escherichia coli: A Systems Biology
Approach
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Wilfred Chen, University California Riverside
A Biomolecular
Engineering Approach for Environmental Biotechnology
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Laura Segatori, UT Austin
Structure, Function and
Engineering of Disulfide Bond Isomerization in Bacterial Cells
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Dacheng Ren, Cornell
Genome-Wide Analysis of Bacterial
Pathogenesis and Discovery of Natural Biofilm Inhibitors
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James Link, Caltech
Azide-Bearing Amino Acids in
Protein Engineering and Proteomic Profiling
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Johnathan Silberg, Rice
Exploring sequence space by
structure-guided recombination
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Aaron Sin, Harvard
Microfluidic Cell Affinity Chromatography:
Using chemical engineering tools to sort out the complexity
of blood
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Anatoly B. Kolomeisky, Rice
Theoretical Investigations
of Growth Dynamics of Rigid Biopolymers
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Shaoyi Jiang, U. Washington
Molecular Engineering
of Biological Interfaces
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Greg Stephanopoulos, MIT
Metabolic Engineering in
the post-Genomic Era
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Maria Flytzani-Stehanopoulos, Tufts
Nanostructure
of a High-Permeability, Hydrogen-Selective Inorganic Membrane
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V. Kumaran, Indian Institute of Science
Stability
of fluid of flow past flexible sufaces
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Nicholas Kotov, Michigan
Neural Applications of Layered
Nanocomposites: From Diagnostics to Artificial Retina
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